Poetry Chaikhana Blog

Let every experience
be fuel for the fire
of love.

Balance must be discovered
anew
each day.

Simple contentment
unlocks so many doors
along the way.

Finally, finally we fall silent.
Finally, we witness ourselves as we are.

A miracle isn’t an event or an experience.
It is a moment of recognition:
We glimpse the wider reality,
and what we witness washes us away.

Everything is an exercise
in awareness.

Not suppression.
Not separation.
Integration.

Real mountaineers love the mountain
more than the map.

Every nation, every person, every object
is within yourself.
Forgive the whole world
and watch what happens within yourself.

Even our masks reveal us.

Through watching,
we learn to see.

Never accept the logic of expediency
over compassion.
We need a world that’s less efficient
and more humane.

Commune with nature.

But don’t go out and do something in nature.
Go out and let nature do something in you!

Remember, real magic
is hidden,
hidden in the quiet moments.

Religion that does not inspire
outward compassion and inward awakening
is not religion.

Confusion to certainty.
Certainty to disillusionment.
Disillusionment to understanding.

But wonder wipes the slate clean!

The path of forgiveness
is the path of freedom.

Forgiveness is a rebellion
against the ego’s self-importance.